Sweden · 16th century
Glimmingehus is a medieval era castle located at Simrishamn Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden. It is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499–1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, and contains many defensive arrangements of the era, such as parapets, false doors and dead-end corridors, 'murder-holes' for pouring boiling pitch over the attackers, moats, drawbridges and various other forms of death traps to surprise trespassers and protect the nobles against peasant uprisings. The lower part of the castle's stone walls are 2.4 meters (94 inches) thick and the upper part 1.8 meters (71 inches).
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Glimmingehus ranks #935 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #22 of the 209 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1505, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,058 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kristianstad, 58 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
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